JAPAN BOX OFFICE | Demon Slayer breaks all time record for OW

[Issac Newton]

14 hours ago, MG10 said:

What do you think is the cause of this increase?

I don't have correct answer but I think it's because Conan was able to expand it's fanbase here. Thanks to its continuous airing of new season + manga. Conan films are usually frontloaded, and earn mostly in the Golden Week. After Golden Week, it's now depended on audience repeated views + future expansion across formats. Though, I honestly like Conan 2022 over Conan 2021 but Conan 2022 still couldn't defeat Conan 2021 (likely because last year had a rush audience across rural locations, though, usual locations where trending worst) 

 

But, still what matters most here is that it's increasing rather than staying stable like Shin Chan (¥1.5B-¥2.0B) or decreasing Doraemon < Pokemon < Yokai Watch.

 

Overseas fans often says that quality being degrading. One such horrible example is the OW of Detective Conan The Scarlet Bullet in Mainland China where Sunday has fallen by 70% of OD (2-days Opening Weekend), Though, it has recorded the fastest Japanese Film to exceed ¥100M in China in two days, only to end with ¥216M there. 

Edited May 14, 2022 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

Shin Ultraman Dailies (Est.)

 

D1 : 05/13 : ¥290M

D2 : 05/14 : ¥400M

 

Total Until 05/14 : ¥690M

 

It will break Ultraman's Franchise record (¥838M) tomorrow. Is ¥1000M OW possible?

[TigerPaw]

19 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

Shin Ultraman Dailies (Est.)

 

D1 : 05/13 : ¥290M

D2 : 05/14 : ¥400M

 

Total Until 05/14 : ¥690M

 

It will break Ultraman's Franchise record (¥838M) tomorrow. Is ¥1000M OW possible?

How is the reception?

 

Ultraman is a very big part of the childhood of a lot of folks in my region - so I am rally for it.

Miss thoses times where Ultramen and Kaiju were actual stunt people dressed up in rubber suits, and cities / traffic were built from models - where there were not much CGI.

[Issac Newton]

9 minutes ago, TigerPaw said:

How is the reception?

4.2 :「MOVIE WALKER」(link)

3.8 :「Filmarks」(link)

3.8 :「Yahoo Movie (Y! 映画)」(link)

3.7 :「Eiga.com (映画.com) 」(link)

 

The series started in 1967, with ATG of Franchise untouched since 2008 (made by Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers : ¥838M) Ratings isn't that favourable (I mean ok) but interestingly, it has reached many casual audience, as 2020 Ultraman Movie made only ¥150M. I would say that "Shin Ultraman" is a great success, thanks to Anno &Nishijima

[Mulder]

59 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

4.2 :「MOVIE WALKER」(link)

3.8 :「Filmarks」(link)

3.8 :「Yahoo Movie (Y! 映画)」(link)

3.7 :「Eiga.com (映画.com) 」(link)

 

The series started in 1967, with ATG of Franchise untouched since 2008 (made by Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers : ¥838M) Ratings isn't that favourable (I mean ok) but interestingly, it has reached many casual audience, as 2020 Ultraman Movie made only ¥150M. I would say that "Shin Ultraman" is a great success, thanks to Anno &Nishijima

Been hearing some debate over this in some spaces so I'm curious how you'd judge it in your opinion, is Ultraman bigger than Godzilla popularity wise in Japan or is Godzilla bigger? Or are they at the same level popularity wise? Thanks.

[Issac Newton]

57 minutes ago, Mulder said:

Been hearing some debate over this in some spaces so I'm curious how you'd judge it in your opinion, is Ultraman bigger than Godzilla popularity wise in Japan or is Godzilla bigger? Or are they at the same level popularity wise? Thanks.

Let's see which came first.

 

Godzilla started in 1954, where as Ultraman started in 1967.

 

First Godzilla Movie made ¥183M (Rental) with 9.61M attendees. ATG was ¥3.648B made by 1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla (including re-releases until 1980s (Original Run was ¥675M)) Later, this record was broken by Shin Godzilla (2016) made ¥8.25B (previous *known* Godzilla Movie made ¥1.26B in 2004, So, you can see how big was the increase (¥6.99B)) I don't have accurate BO Numbers before 1980s but 34 Godzilla Movie sold upto 110M tickets in Japan. Later, Godzilla Movie after "Shin Godzilla" made less than ¥400M.

 

Now, let's see Ultraman first known movie was started on 1971, before that other film were compilation. From, the very start, this franchise was not a franchise that works on theatres. The nominal range was ¥100M-¥600M, only 2008 Ultraman movie was able to crossed ¥600M with ¥838M. Never had ¥1B in entire franchise, only to broken by Shin Ultraman (2022) in 3-days. The increase was incredible and I am really surprised that how did this film reached so many audience when 2020 Ultraman made only ¥150M. The only reason was because Ultraman franchise at Theatres was fan-driven. 

 

Popularity wise Ultraman is ahead of Godzilla, but if you talk about Box Office then, it's Godzilla, In fact, I am a fan of Godzilla haha. In TV, I am a fan of Ultraman

 

Recent success, on Shin Ultraman was because of Anno (Eva's Director) &Nishijima (Drive My Car's actor). I think this one should reach ¥5B. Interesting Thing is that "Shin" word has attributes a lot of success here like "Shin Godzilla" (¥8.25B), "Shin Evangelion" (¥10.28B).

 

Next "Shin Kamen Rider" will be interesting to track, it stands between "Godzilla" &"Ultraman"

Edited May 15, 2022 by Issac Newton
Anno is Shin Godzilla &Shin Evangelion Director not Belle Director

[Mulder]

5 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Let's see which came first.

 

Godzilla started in 1954, where as Ultraman started in 1967.

 

First Godzilla Movie made ¥183M (Rental) with 9.61M attendees. ATG was ¥3.648B made by 1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla (including re-releases until 1980s (Original Run was ¥675M)) Later, this record was broken by Shin Godzilla (2016) made ¥8.25B (previous *known* Godzilla Movie made ¥1.26B in 2004, So, you can see how big was the increase (¥6.99B)) I don't have accurate BO Numbers before 1980s but 34 Godzilla Movie sold upto 110M tickets in Japan. Later, Godzilla Movie after "Shin Godzilla" made less than ¥400M.

 

Now, let's see Ultraman first known movie was started on 1971, before that other film were compilation. From, the very start, this franchise was not a franchise that works on theatres. The nominal range was ¥100M-¥600M, only 2008 Ultraman movie was able to crossed ¥600M with ¥838M. Never had ¥1B in entire franchise, only to broken by Shin Ultraman (2022) in 3-days. The increase was incredible and I am really surprised that how did this film reached so many audience when 2020 Ultraman made only ¥150M. The only reason was because Ultraman franchise at Theatres was fan-driven. 

 

Popularity wise Ultraman is ahead of Godzilla, but if you talk about Box Office then, it's Godzilla, In fact, I am a fan of Godzilla haha. In TV, I am a fan of Ultraman

 

Recent success, on Shin Ultraman was because of Anno (Belle's Director) &Nishijima (Drive My Car's actor). I think this one should reach ¥5B. Interesting Thing is that "Shin" word has attributes a lot of success here like "Shin Godzilla" (¥8.25B), "Shin Evangelion" (¥10.28B).

 

Next "Shin Kamen Rider" will be interesting to track, it stands between "Godzilla" &"Ultraman"

Thanks for the detailed breakdown! I appreciate it.

[Issac Newton]

Shin Ultraman Dailies (Est)

 

05/13 : ¥290M

05/14 : ¥400M

05/15 : ¥300M

 

Total Until 05/15 : ¥990M

 

Could have passed ¥1000M? Let's see how Monday Reporting speaks. Fastest Work to break ATG of Franchise in 3-days.

[Issac Newton]

Shin Japan Heroes Universe

 

¥10.28B : Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (2021)

x¥8.25B : Shin Godzilla (2016)

x¥0.99B : Shin Ultraman (2022)

x¥0.00B : Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

 

Shin Godzilla Breakdown (Est)

OD : ¥290M

OP : ¥700M

OW: ¥990M

 

For COMPS

Spoiler

Shin Godzilla

OD : ¥221,064,800 / 152,030 attendees

OP : ¥624,610,700 / 412,302 attendees

OW: ¥845,675,500 / 564,332 attendees

 

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time

OD : ¥x,827,742,000 / x,539,623 attendees

OP : ¥1,177,445,400 / x,760,882 attendees

OW: ¥3,338,422,400 / 2,194,533 attendees (7-days OW)

 

[Issac Newton]

Reported WK. Numbers (Approx)

#1 Shin Ultraman : ¥703M / 450K attendees

#2 2022 Conan : ¥300M / 207K attendees

#3 DS:MOM : ¥182M / 110K attendees 

 

Total

#1 Shin Ultraman : ¥993M / 640K attendees

#2 2022 Conan : ¥7.5B / 5.41M attendees

#3 DS:MOM : ¥1.6B / 1.07M attendees 

 

Jujutsu Kaisen Movie 0 : ¥13.64B

 

FB3 has defeated NWH (¥4.19B) with a total of ¥4,231,013,380 until 6th WKend. The only market where NWH has been defeated. Making it the highest grossing Hollywood movie since post-CoVid-19

 

Transition : Tenet (¥2.73B / Sep 2020) → F9 (¥3.67B / Sep 2021) → NWH (¥4.19B / Feb 2022) → FB3 (¥4.23B / May 2022)

[Issac Newton]

Shin Ultraman

 

— Date-Day Breakdown —

05/13 : D1 : ¥290,102,400 / 191,302 attendees

05/14 : D2 : ¥398,432,500 / 255,554 attendees

05/15 : D3 : ¥304,875,150 / 194,946 attendees

 

— Standard Breakdown —

OD : ¥290,102,400 / 191,302 attendees

OP : ¥703,307,650 / 450,500 attendees

OW: ¥993,410,050 / 641,802 attendees

 

Location Count : 401 (inc. 39 IMAX)

 

For COMPS

Spoiler

Shin Godzilla

OD : ¥221,064,800 / 152,030 attendees

OP : ¥624,610,700 / 412,302 attendees

OW: ¥845,675,500 / 564,332 attendees

 

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time

OD : ¥x,827,742,000 / x,539,623 attendees

OP : ¥1,177,445,400 / x,760,882 attendees

OW: ¥3,338,422,400 / 2,194,533 attendees (7-days OW)

[Issac Newton]

On 5/10/2022 at 1:31 PM, Issac Newton said:

FB3 vs NWH (Round Five)

OP : ¥785,576,530 vs ¥905,036,730

W2 : ¥502,589,310 vs ¥425,876,270

W3 : ¥332,189,490 vs ¥254,054,910

W4 : ¥280,986,230 vs ¥160,946,250

W5 : ¥140,099,440 vs ¥100,756,930

 

All actual ending on 5th Wkend : ¥4,033,167,620 vs ¥3,659,079,460

FB3 vs NWH (Round Six)

OP : ¥785,576,530 vs ¥905,036,730

W2 : ¥502,589,310 vs ¥425,876,270

W3 : ¥332,189,490 vs ¥254,054,910

W4 : ¥280,986,230 vs ¥160,946,250

W5 : ¥140,099,440 vs ¥100,756,930

W6 : x¥91,766,530 vs x¥72,409,640

 

All actual ending on 6th Wkend : ¥4,231,013,380 vs ¥3,839,229,140

[Issac Newton]

On 5/11/2022 at 5:16 PM, Issac Newton said:

After Golden Week.

⚪『2018 Conan』: ¥6,222,515,600 / 4,796,522 attendees 

⚪『2019 Conan』: ¥7,520,651,500 / 5,913,277 attendees

⚪『2021 Conan』: ¥5,923,280,100 / 4,238,279 attendees

⚪『2022 Conan』: ¥6,968,151,200 / 5,009,521 attendees

After 5th Wkend

⚪『2017 Conan』: ¥5,820,562,100 / 4,540,035 attendees

⚪『2018 Conan』: ¥6,760,140,400 / 5,192,934 attendees

⚪『2019 Conan』: ¥7,951,036,700 / 6,235,756 attendees

⚪『2021 Conan』: ¥6,201,184,450 / 4,432,519 attendees

⚪『2022 Conan』: ¥7,544,017,200 / 5,411,021 attendees

 

2022 Conan is behind of 2019 Conan by ¥400M / 825K attendees [Prev. Diff. was ¥550M / 900K attendees]

[Issac Newton]

2022 Quarter I Results (Jan-April, 2022)

 

⚪ TOHO : ¥22,551,645,404 (76.3% / 2021)

⚪ Shochiku : ¥4,728,113,290 (222.2% / 2021)

⚪ Toei : ¥1,543,119,674 (79.9% / 2021)

 

Total : ¥28,822,878,368 (85.7% / 2021)

 

TOP 3 WORKS [Exp./Est. Finals By Distributor]

 

— TOHO —

① Jujutsu Kaisen Movie 0 : ¥13.8B - ¥14.0B

② 2022 Conan : ¥8.5B - ¥9.0B

③ 2021 Doraemon : ¥2.7B

 

— Shochiku —

① ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5x20 "Records of Memories : ¥5.0B

② Free! The Final Stroke Part II : ¥750M

③ Wedding High : ¥450M

 

— Toei —

① Ushikubi Village : ¥560M

② What To Do With The Dead Kaiju? : ¥500M

 

Spoiler

April 2022 Results

 

⚪ TOHO : ¥7,382,498,300 (82.6% / 2021)

⚪ Shochiku : ¥708,041,550 (96.0% / 2021)

⚪ Toei : ¥84,447,810 (50.0% / 2021)

 

Edited May 17, 2022 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

Reported WK Numbers (Approx)

#1 Shin Ultraman : ¥486M / 312K attendees

#2 The Quintessential Quintuplets : ¥267M / 200K attendees 

#3 2022 Conan : ¥238M / 166K attendees

 

Total

⚪ Shin Ultraman : ¥2B / 1.34M attendees

⚪ The Quintessential Quintuplets : ¥390M / 290K attendees

⚪ 2022 Conan : ¥7.99B / 5.72M attendees (ATG : 77th)

 

Others

⬜ 2022 Shin Chan : ¥1.7B / 1.43M attendees 

⬜ DS: MOM : ¥1.9B / 1.23M attendees [Exceeded Dr. Strange (2017) : ¥1.87B]

⬜ Fantastic Beasts 3 : ¥4.3B

 

◉ Jujutsu Kaisen Movie 0 : ¥13.67B (ATG : 15th)

[SchumacherFTW]

That seems pretty good for the Quintuplets, reeeeeally hope I get to see that somehow here in the UK 😅

[MG10]

8 hours ago, SchumacherFTW said:

That seems pretty good for the Quintuplets, reeeeeally hope I get to see that somehow here in the UK 😅

 

Maybe if Crunchyroll buys the rights... Because if this summer in Italy we'll see Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and Dragon Ball Super Hero it's only thanks to them, then maybe the situation in UK is better...

[Issac Newton]

Mission Impossible Series (Japan)

 

#1 M.I. 2000 : ¥9.70B ($94.10M)

#2 M.I. 1996 : ¥6.12B ($53.99M)

#3 M.I. 2011 : ¥5.38B ($69.69M)

#4 M.I. 2006 : ¥5.15B ($44.37M)

#5 M.I. 2015 : ¥5.14B ($42.09M)

#6 M.I. 2018 : ¥4.72B ($42.44M)

 

Except for "M.I. 2018", Japan has being No.1 market in Asia [If we exclude Mainland China] So, "M.I. 2023" should be above ¥4.00B, could reach ¥5.00B. But, I want E.R. to recover soon for better numbers in USD. (Per C.E.R., ¥4.00B/$31.49M &¥5.00B/$39.11M)

 

Note: All USD value are taken from BOM.

[Issac Newton]

2 hours ago, MG10 said:

 

Maybe if Crunchyroll buys the rights... Because if this summer in Italy we'll see Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and Dragon Ball Super Hero it's only thanks to them, then maybe the situation in UK is better...

I doubt might be a limited 3-days release like My Hero Academia: World's Heroes Mission or SAO Progressive Aria Of Starless Night for both UK and Italy. Exceptional will be looked only if it breaks ¥2.0B here like Violet Evergarden (2020)

 

This time, I want Italy to give us more than €2M for Jujutsu Kaisen Movie 0. 🥺

Edited May 23, 2022 by Issac Newton

[SchumacherFTW]

10 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

I doubt might be a limited 3-days release like My Hero Academia: World's Heroes Mission or SAO Progressive Aria Of Starless Night for both UK and Italy. Exceptional will be looked only if it breaks ¥2.0B here like Violet Evergarden (2020)

 

This time, I want Italy to give us more than €2M for Jujutsu Kaisen Movie 0. 🥺

If it gets a theatrical release in the UK, it'll probably be as small as it was for the Konosuba movie (I want season 3 already), I'm expecting it to just go straight to Crunchyroll or whatever streamer if it gets any form of UK release